Hope is a beautiful lie and it requires talent to create it for others.

When a lie makes a soft bed for everyone, may the truth lie low. God as commonly understood appears to be one such lie. God as non-existence is not everyone’s cup of tea and He...

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

Gue cuma pengen lo ngerasain rasanya dibohongin. Nggak enak, kan?

So now they’re shaking in their boots and looking for someone to give them the answer they want to hear. Not the truth, but some lie that will protect them from the truth

From the Absolute to the Relative-from the Infinite to the Finite-from the Undifferentiated to the Differentiated-from the Unconditioned to the Conditioned and again from the Relative to the Absolute. That is the whole truth of...

I am bound to accord you, in the name of free speech, the full right to shout, lie and write to your heart’s content. But you are bound to grant me, in the name of...

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

In wrestling, there is no retreat. No way to slow things down. In wrestling, you advance and advance, and being tired is just a lie to make the other guy think he can relax. It’s...

I cried for a while, taking solace in the comforting lie of his embrace. The illusion, the fantasy, it helped. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to stay here forever, held tight to his...

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

Be not who you’re not

The guilty are uncomfortable with silence.

I know my brother. Michael, he’s not that kind of person. He doesn’t do that. That’s all a lie on him.

Everything they’ve said is tainted now. Every day was a lie.

You lie like butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth, Edward.”He smiled. “I don’t lie to you.””Really,” I said.The smile became a grin. “Okay, not most of the time, anymore.” His face sobered. “I’m not lying...

Even if you love a lady, don’t say you will take care of her while someone else is catering for your needs.

If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.

Truth only has one story, while a lie has a dictionary.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

Many lies lie between one truth.

The mirror will only lie, when you look at it through a mask.

Read what you like, not what you’re told to like. That way you’ll read for a lifetime.

Selling a new lie is easy, but not so with un-teaching an old truth.

Do unto others what you want them to do to you. Don’t deceive if you don’t want to be deceived. Don’t cheat if you don’t want to be cheated. Relationship is mutual. This is the...

The truth may roar, but it’s roaring does not terrify the blameless. Guilty conscience needs neither a critic nor an accuser. Remember, the truth has no aiding crutches; once it is limping, its name is...

To say that the first casualty of war is truth is to miss the rather more important point that a principal weapon of war is lies.

Usually, about 85 percent of what the tabloids report is a lie. Over the last year, I can truly say it has been 99 percent.

As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy.

A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.

Everything he had ever done that had been better left undone. Every lie he had told — told to himself, or told to others. Every little hurt, and all the great hurts. Each one was...

Worst persons of the world those easily take lie wear of their child,For a sec they don’t feel hesitation to put child life on risk for self.So how you can call them Human if even...

Talking is not easy. Talking intends to convey what you mean. Lying is easy, not talking. When one lies, one doesnot care, and that’s the easy part.

Both the two of us knew it. We watched the lie go up big and slow between us, then it burst like a spit bubble. They always burst before too long.

I don’t think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I.

Pious” is a sword that the clever always use it to eliminate the truth.

Men wouldn’t lie that much to the women in their life, if the women don’t ask so many questions.

The solutions to Africa’s problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

She said she loved me, and I believed her, because she was looking directly at another man when she said it.

There is a kind of truth in a well-told lie. When we look back, we don’t see things as they were but how we would like them to have been.

With all due respect, if you’re forty-three, then I’m a fetus.

A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.

Let’s live to believe leaving all lies behind

They told us love was a disease. They told us it would kill us in the end.For the very first time I realize, that this, too, might also be a lie.

All truth starts out as a wish; hence, reality is born from fairytale.”from—”My Aquarius

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.

Don’t lie. Life is a puzzle and we are all unique pieces. When you lie, you make it impossible to find your true place in the grand design.

It is not enough to speak but to speak truth

There are at least a million truths that are hidden by just 100 lies.

I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I’m afraid I will always feel the weight of a lie. I’m very hard on myself...